Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-30 to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe. Date: May 4, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal. Date: May 4, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: May 4, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. Date: May 4, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. Date: May 4, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London). Date: May 4, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. Date: May 4, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated with the new Enhanced Fujita scale. Date: May 4, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This…
Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya. Date: May 4, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural series champion. Date: May 4, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)